Domestic steel production falls for the fourth consecutive week, according to a new report from Majestic Steel. 

From Dr. Ming He, Head of China Bulks, for Wood Mackenzie, “Steel demand from the property sector grew at 3.9% yoy in 2018 and has been the main contributor to the healthy growth in China’s steel market.”

Current expectations from the domestic scrap market is for pricing to slide $10-$20/gt and give back most, if not all, of August’s increase.

Paul Nathanson, executive director for the Coalition of American Metal Manufacturers and Users, explains why the Section 232 steel tariffs were a futile effort to save domestic steel.

United Structures of America will shutter locations in Houston, Texas, and Portland, Tennessee, due to "crippling" steel tariffs. 

Current domestic flat-rolled steel pricing remains below domestic mill published pricing, signaling room for further growth.

According to the Wall Street Journal, JSW Steel USA is suing the Trump Commerce Department for being denied exclusions from steel tariffs.

U.S. mills produced an estimated 1,872k tons at an 80.4 percent utilization rate, according to information from Majestic Steel. This is up from 1,867k tons and an 80.2 percent rate previously.

A United Steelworker representative says about 80 to 100 of its members at Pennsylvania's NLMK Farrell steel plant were laid off because of steel tariffs.

With the addition of several roll forming lines at its processing and distribution center in Houston, Texas, the company continues to diversify its product offerings to better serve customers.